Most Pakistani American organizations, websites and social networks have already issued the statements of condemnation on their websites or to their loacl media stations. Your Pakistani community center or organization can adopt, rewrite and issue the following statement to your local media.

Please replace "Muslims and Pakistanis of America" with the Pakistani community of your city. Type this or your modified version on your organization's letterhead.

Fax it to the news desk of your local media outlets (newspapers, radio and television). You can Find the fax numbers in your yellow or white pages.

Do add the name of a contact person and a cell number on which that person can be reached. This person should be able to speak on your community's behalf as a spokesperson.

If the media is interested in visiting your community centre, Masjid, Islamic center or school, welcome them.

Sample statement:

The Muslims and Pakistanis of America join their fellow Americans today in condemning these dastardly acts of terrorism and share the grief and sorrow of the nation. Our hearts go out to the friends and families of those who are victims of this despicable tragedy.

Obviously this seems a well-planned and well-coordinated act of terrorism and we are confident that the law enforcement authorities will soon discover the identity of perpetrators responsible for this contemptible act and bring them to task with the full force of the law.

At this moment of confusion, uncertainty and naturally highly charged emotions, we earnestly appeal to the media not to rush to judgment, as was done in the wake of the April 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Let the response of our nation be mature and thoughtful. This is a moment of prayer and unity not of hasty reaction.

Let us not forget the fact that several Pakistani Nationals and Muslims have also lost their lives in this horrific disaster. Therefore, our community is equally victim of this tragedy and sympathizes with all other innocent Americans who lost their lives and loved ones.

We pray to God to give strength to all of those who have suffered during this catastrophe.

Date/Time Last Modified: 6/18/2002 8:07:30 AM

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